Invention includes the Process, Method and System for cloud-based critical Emergency and Discharge medical Information through the Capturing, Maintaining, Accessing, Integrating and Communicating said information

ABSTRACT

The invention brings together a new process to alert emergency personnel of a person&#39;s medical information and how to gain access to it. Access to the medical information is secure, requiring self-identification and biometrics. The invention facilitates communication of this medical information in many scenarios. The person&#39;s medical information must flow from the patient to the medical resources when an emergency situation exists; this could be an firefighter/paramedic or emergency room personnel. The medical information must also flow from the medical resource to the patient/caregiver or to the next medical organization taking responsibility for the continuing care of the patient. The invention also facilitates the communication of a child&#39;s allergies when they are in an adult moderated group setting (i.e. classrooms, team sports, etc.). The invention includes an integrated calendar and automated email process to ensure all concerned parties can coordinate ongoing care.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS SECTION

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The monitoring station server receives the monitored data elements from the body worn monitoring station and relays the monitored data elements to the remote command center via the second sub-network. The remote command center receives the monitored data elements from the monitoring station server, associates the monitored data elements with the patient assigned to the health care location, accesses patient data elements indicative of a medical condition associated with the patient, and establishes a patient-specific rule associated with the patient. The rules engine selects data elements from the monitored data elements and the patient data elements associated with the patient and applies the patient-specific rule to the selected data elements continuously and simultaneously. A determination is made whether the patient- specific rule for the patient has been contravened. An alert is issued from the remote command center in the event the patient-specific rule for the patient has been contravened. US 7,778,848 Electronic system for retrieving, displaying, and transmitting stored medical records from bodily worn or carried storage devices US 8,145,644 Systems and methods Various aspects and embodiments of the for providing access to present invention relate to providing a medical information medical application with access to medical information from validated medical information experts. The medical information experts can be validated by scoring attributes of a purported medical information expert, generating a rank based on the score, and comparing the score to a pre-set threshold. The medical information from validated medical information experts can be stored in a knowledge database. 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Therefore a patient or an authorized health provider can view the complete health history of a person including conventional and alternative medicine treatments. Additionally, the health provider using the e-CHIF web site has the capability to electronically submit an insurance claim, request a prescription to a pharmacy, or a test to a laboratory. To assist the patient, health providers, and medical research several statistical reports without personal identifiable information can be generated using the e-CHIF data. US 20060206361 System for maintaining An individualized patient electronic medical (publication patient medical records system (10) that provides unlimited number) records for patient access to one's medical records (20). participating patients The invention may include a benchmark against which medical treatments can be evaluated for compliance with reasonable standard of care or a prompt to indicate appropriate testing, medications, etc., based upon the patient's age, sex, etc. The invention is applicable to human and animal patients. Advantages include patient ownership, control, and access to her/his individual records; the patient (22) can review and enter comments or questions on her/his data record for review and consideration by a physician; the patient can carry the medical record on her/his person so that the information is accessible in the event of emergency or when traveling; any entry to the medical records is identified by the provider (12, 14, 16, 24) or patient her/himself; and a password or similar prevents tampering or altering information entered by someone else. US 20070038477 Maintaining and A portable heath care records system (publication communicating health employs a server on which the health care number) information records of participating patients are stored. The patients may access the system using cards or CD-ROMS that are inserted into the patient's computer. The patients can review their own records via Internet and can edit them. The patient may also access via cell phone or handheld device. The patient record is protected by patient ID and password. Treating physicians have access to each patient's records for review and update. A two-way firewall permits patients to review their own health records only, but permits the physician to review both the physician files and the patient files. The physician can override the firewall to send patient information from his or her record. A read- only emergency screen with medical data about the patient may be accessed for emergency use. Records of many patients and of many clinics are maintained on a common server, so that the patient record can be accessed globally. US 20070046476 System providing A patient record is created from data received (publication medical personnel from a network device and is stored in a number) with immediate critical database. The data represents patient data for emergency information and possibly other personal data. treatments A plurality of access privileges may be associated with the patient record, each of which may specify a different type or amount of the data of the patient record that can be viewed, updated and revised. A selected portion of the patient record may be designated as emergency information that would be helpful to a caregiver during a medical emergency. An emergency reference code can be associated with the emergency information. In response to receiving the emergency reference code from a user device via the network, the emergency information may be displayed. An interface is also provided for allowing a user having appropriate access privileges to create and print a customized card comprising portions of the patient record selected by the user. US 20070250348 SYSTEM AND METHOD A medical data management system includes: (publication OF AGGREGATING a personal information database storing number) AND DISSEMINATING medical record information regarding IN-CASE-OF- medical data of a patient while managing the EMERGENCY MEDICAL information using an ID number; a medicine AND PERSONAL information database storing medicine INFORMATION information regarding medicines; a medical institution information database storing institution information regarding medical institutions; and a means for retrieving medical record information from the personal information database on the basis of an input of the ID number, retrieving medicine information corresponding to medicine names in the medical record information from the medicine information database to create a medical record distribution document, and distributing the medical record distribution document to an emergency medical institution into which the patient has been carried, on the basis of the medical institution information database. 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US 20080215373 SYSTEM AND METHOD According to the invention, records (publication FOR AGGREGATING pertaining to an individual are centralized number) AND PROVIDING such that the user has control over the SUBSCRIBER MEDICAL integration and dissemination of their INFORMATION TO personal and private information. Records MEDICAL UNITS pertaining to an individual are systematically transported electronically by many different institutions to a centralized record storage provider wherein the individual user has ownership of and control of their confidential personal information. The systematic accumulation of medical records provides for better overall health tracking and faster and more accurate diagnosis when illness or emergency occurs. US 20080243545 SYSTEM AND METHOD A system and method for aggregating and (publication OF AGGREGATING providing subscriber medical record number) AND DISSEMINATING information to medical units. The system IN-CASE-OF- includes an ICE medical record server that EMERGENCY MEDICAL stores a plurality of medical records of AND PERSONAL respective subscribers. When a subscriber is INFORMATION being attended by a medical unit, the medical unit using a communication device sends an identification number to the server. In response, the server sends the subscriber's medical record to the communication device. The communication device may populate a medical form with the information and display it for use in diagnosing and treating the subscriber. The medical unit may annotate the medical form to document the on-going emergency, and upload it to a professional medical record server, which may provide the information to a medical facility to which the subscriber will be transported. The ICE and/or professional medical record servers may perform statistical analyses of the information in their respective databases for the purpose of performing symptomatic surveillance and other public health analyses. US 20080319798 PERSONALIZED A system for aggregating and disseminating (publication MEDICAL in-case-of-emergency (ICE) medical number) INFORMATION CARD information to medical units. The system AND METHOD FOR includes an ICE medical record server that MANAGING SAME stores medical records of respective subscribers, and automatically receive updates from health service entities visited by subscribers. When contacted by emergency dispatchers or first responders, the server sends subscribers medical information to first responders, emergency management agencies directly, via a dispatcher, or via a computer aided dispatch (CAD) system. The medical information may be arranged, emphasized, and/or filtered in a manner relevant to the on-going emergency. A communication device may wirelessly receive the medical information and pre- populate a pre-hospital care form with the information, which may be further orally annotated by the first responder. The completed PCR may then be sent to a PCR server for subsequent access by medical units that subsequently treat the subscriber. The medical server may further assist a public health agency to disseminate emergency information to selected subscribers, responders, and public health alerting systems. An ICE personal server for storing important personal documents is also disclosed. A PCR server is also disclosed that can disseminate aggregate PCR information in near real-time to an emergency management agency (EMA) system for developing incident response plans during a wide area emergency. US 20090198696 Emergency medical A method for managing an individual's (publication record personal medical information includes number) creating an online medical information record which contains the individual's stored personal medical information, providing the individual with a physical credit card sized card which includes the individual's key medical information from the individual's online medical information record that would be most needed in times of medical emergency and directions for accessing the individual's online medical information record, enabling the individual to update his or her online medical information record with the individual's most recent medical information; and enabling the individual and others to view a read only version of the individual's online medical information record. US 20120179856 medstick, e-medstick, A system and retrieval of an emergency (publication e-medstick EMR medical record of a patient comprising the number) step of receiving the emergency medical record of the patient and an online database. The system further comprises the step of storing the emergency medical record in the online database and providing access to the online database by using a communications network. Access to the network is provided by entering a member number and a unique user defined validation code to maximize privacy and security. The system further comprises the step of retrieving the emergency medical record at the online database. The system comprises the final step of providing the emergency medical record to a requestor by one of the following methods: viewing the online display, printing the online display, faxing the emergency medical record to a requester, and e-mailing the emergency medical record to a requestor. The method may further comprise the step of entering the record delivery information including the fax number and at least one of the following: the facility name, the requestor name, and the facility phone number. US 20130035581 AUGMENTED REALITY A portable, electronic and encrypted medical (Publication ENHANCED TRIAGE record device and management system (10) number) SYSTEMS AND that receives and stores a registrant's or METHODS FOR patient's medical history (1401-1507) in a EMERGENCY MEDICAL secured database (1-300), records the SERVICES medical history on a portable computer readable medical storage device (200-300), includes a multi-level encrypted security system to control access to the medical information on the storage device or in the system for authorizing modification or access to the medical information (100-1507), allows authorized medical personnel to update recently acquired medical data (100- 1507), dictates the data that authorized medical entities or personnel have access to and includes a recognizable logo to alert medical personnel of the medical storage device (100-1507). US 20130103727 Accessible Information A system and method for aggregating and (publication System providing subscriber medical record number) information to medical units. The system includes an ICE medical record server that stores a plurality of medical records of respective subscribers. When a subscriber is being attended by a medical unit, the medical unit using a communication device sends an identification number to the server. In response, the server sends the subscriber's medical record to the communication device. The communication device may populate a medical form with the information and display it for use in diagnosing and treating the subscriber. The medical unit may annotate the medical form to document the on-going emergency, and upload it to a professional medical record server, which may provide the information to a medical facility to which the subscriber will be transported. The ICE and/or professional medical record servers may perform statistical analyses of the information in their respective databases for the purpose of performing symptomatic surveillance and other public health analyses. EP 2479693 Method of managing A device stores a patient's medical records to health information solve the problems of incompatibility of electronic medical record systems, no patient information available at emergencies, lack of information sharing among physicians, and health care fraud. The device includes a flash drive configured to connect to a USB port and be read by a computer, a record of emergency patient data photo stored on the flash drive and displayed immediately by the computer when the flash drive is inserted into the USB port, and a record of detailed data stored on the flash drive and displayed upon entry of a correct password and identification. JP 2002007562 METHOD AND DEVICE An individualized patient electronic medical (publication FOR SUPPORTING records system that provides unlimited number) EMERGENCY MEDICAL patient access to her/his medical records, TREATMENT including text and other data. Additionally, the invention may include a benchmark against which medical treatments can be evaluated for compliance with reasonable standard of care or a prompt to indicate appropriate testing, medications, etc., based upon the patient's age, sex, etc. Also, the invention is applicable to human patients and to animal patients. Advantages of the invention include patient ownership, control, and access to her/his individual records at any time. Also, the patient can review and enter comments or questions on her/his data record for review and consideration by a physician. Furthermore, the patient can carry the medical record on her/his person so that the information is readily accessible in the event of an emergency or if s/he were traveling. Finally, any entry to the medical records is coded or identified by the provider or patient her/himself, and a password or other write-protect means prevents tampering or altering information entered by someone else. JP 200708028 MEDICAL DATA A system and method for aggregating and (publication MANAGEMENT providing subscriber medical record number) SYSTEM information to medical units The system includes an ICE medical record server that stores a plurality of medical records of respective subscribers. When a subscriber is being attended by a medical unit, the medical unit using a communication device sends an identification number to the server. In response, the server sends the subscribers medical record to the communication device. The communication device may populate a medical form with the information and display it for use in diagnosing and treating the subscriber. The medical unit may annotate the medical form to document the on-going emergency, and upload it to a professional medical record server, which may provide the information to a medical facility The record servers may perform statistical analyses of the information in their respective databases for symptomatic surveillance and other public health analyses. WO 2004044778 INDIVIDUALIZED An individualized patient electronic medical (publication PATIENT ELECTRONIC records system that provides unlimited number) MEDICAL RECORDS patient access to her/his medical records, SYSTEM including text and other data. Additionally, the invention may include a benchmark against which medical treatments can be evaluated for compliance with reasonable standard of care or a prompt to indicate appropriate testing, medications, etc., based upon the patient's age, sex, etc. Also, the invention is applicable to human patients and to animal patients. Advantages of the invention include patient ownership, control, and access to her/his individual records at any time. Also, the patient can review and enter comments or questions on her/his data record for review and consideration by a physician. Furthermore, the patient can carry the medical record on her/his person so that the information is readily accessible in the event of an emergency or if s/he were traveling. Finally, any entry to the medical records is coded or identified by the provider or patient her/himself, and a password or other write-protect means prevents tampering or altering information entered by someone else. WO 2007030605 SYSTEM AND METHOD An RFID transponder on a person or animal (publication FOR AGGREGATING provides the health care or security number) AND PROVIDING personnel with the critical information when SUBSCRIBER MEDICAL the personnel employs a reader terminal INFORMATION TO capable of reading the RFID transponder. The MEDICAL UNITS transponder, after being interrogated by the reader, supplies the critical data such as name, blood type, allergies, directives, medicines, and emergency contact numbers. The reader immediately displays such critical information on its screen. The RFID tag can substantiate that it belongs to its owner. This identification process can involve biometric analysis. The reader terminal downloads additional data from a server and the additional data is presented on a reader terminal's screen. The server queries the wireless carrier for reader terminal's location data, correlates the reader location data with hospital location data, and sends the critical information to the nearby hospitals. Additionally, the server sends alert information to other firms or individuals contained in the transponder wearer's data record. The RFID tag is the healthcare record. It relates and integrates into a larger database and network. It proves its owner and through wireless technology identifies location and other data characteristics of its owner. WO WO/2012/129265 ENCRYPTED Method of managing health information, the (publication PORTABLE method comprising maintaining a personal number) ELECTRONIC health record for an individual by a provider MEDICAL RECORD and authorizing access to the personal health SYSTEM record in response to a medical emergency, wherein the method further comprises transmitting a location of the individual to the provider.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION SECTION

1. Field of the Invention

Our invention relates to a process, method and system for managing and communicating critical healthcare information as it relates to emergency and discharge situations. More particularly, the present invention relates to the capturing, maintaining, accessing, communicating, and integrating the critical information in support of the emergency and discharge information in a cloud based environment supporting not only the patient and family but also all healthcare facilities.

2. Why this is Needed:

-   -   In an emergency/911 situation:         -   People do not have current critical medical information in             case of an emergency (communications between             patient/caregiver and emergency personnel—Emergency Medical             Technicians or Emergency Rooms)         -   In certain emergency situations it is impossible to identify             the injured individual. Through real time access a person             will not only be identified but their current medical             information will be made available as well.         -   Studies have shown that less than 2% of people have the             current medical information available during an emergency             situation. With the advent of the internet and advancements             in technology access and security, individuals can now             capture and provide access to their families and their             healthcare providers.         -   Current cloud-based applications fail to provide the             information integrating the discharge function with the             current medical information for an individual.         -   Current cloud-based applications fail to provide an             integrated email system to communicate the health care             information to all of the required health care providers             and/or caregivers.         -   Provides an interface to identify and access a registered             person's current medical information.     -   In discharge situations:         -   Discharge information not communicated well to (understood             by) patient/caregiver         -   Discharge information not comprehensive to other medical             providers/living facilities         -   Patients/caregivers do not follow the discharge instructions         -   There is a shift in responsibility of individual health care             management to the individual due to rising costs and policy             changes associated with health care, especially for the             elderly         -   Current cloud-based applications are not communicating             discharge information to the patient, their family, nor to             all of the health care providers.     -   In children having allergic reactions under the care of someone         other than their parent or guardian:         -   Responsible individuals for children do not have up to date             allergy information and that leads to putting the child at             risk

See, FIG. 1: the Current Healthcare Process/Information Flow in the Drawing document on page 2.

The Unique Problem this Solves and how

Problems we are Solving:

-   -   1. Communication Problems Regarding Critical Personal Medical         Information         -   Person does not have current critical medical information in             case of an emergency (communications between             patient/caregiver and emergency personnel—EMTs or Emergency             rooms)             -   EMS Ready Kit             -   Registry         -   Discharge information not communicated well to (understood             by) patient/caregiver             -   Discharge action item list for patient/caregiver         -   Discharge information not comprehensive to other medical             providers/living facilities             -   Discharge instructions in registry based on                 comprehensive checklist             -   There is no integration of medical information of a                 person's current medical information in an emergency                 situation with the discharge information.         -   Registry—same registry for discharge as current medical             information for patient/caregiver, EMTs, hospital ER,             hospital discharge, and other medical providers.         -   Drug interactions—list of new prescriptions with current             medications         -   EMTs now have a mini emergency room with new technology in             their ambulance, but without the current patient information             they are limited in the treatment of the individual.         -   Ability to identify an individual at the scene of an             accident in real time         -   Notifying first responders where current critical medical             information of the patient can be found is a problem, if it             exists.             -   The Emergency Medical Technician Alert sticker, a                 sticker that is placed on a doorknob hanger on the front                 door, notifies first responders that current medical                 information can be found on the refrigerator             -   Integration with the 911 dispatch center. MedStatFacts                 notifies the local 911 dispatch center to communicate                 when a emergency call comes in that the current medical                 information can be found on the refrigerator. A note is                 added to the local 911 system that states in case of an                 emergency call the current medical information can be                 found on the refrigerator.             -   If a medical emergency occurs away from the house,                 medical information is not readily available to                 emergency room personnel nor first responders. Through                 our emergency room sticker, placed on an insurance or                 identification card, the medical personnel can access                 the current medical information online and print the                 medical profile of the patient.

2. Patient Accountability

-   -   Integrated email system with reminders and notifications for         maintaining current critical medical information and completing         discharge action items     -   Reminders of inactivity will help ensure the patient/caregiver         to maintain the information in the registry     -   Documenting medical incidents with a detailed description and         the resolution.

3. Remembering Medical Appointments

-   -   Integrated email system with reminders of upcoming medical         events for patient and caregivers.

4. Children Away from Home Having an Allergic Reaction/Non Parent-Guardian in Charge of a Child and not Knowing Allergies or Treatment

-   -   Need based medical information on child allergies and         appropriate treatment.

5. Patient Identification in an Emergency Situation

-   -   Through fingerprinting technology we can identify the patient.         Also, we are capturing unique physical characteristics to help         identify the person such as birthmarks, photos, and other         distinguishing physical characteristics.

See FIG. 2: MedStatFacts Context and Interaction Model in the Drawing document page 3.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS SECTION

FIG. 1: The Current Healthcare Process/Information Flow

-   -   This drawing defines how the current flow of information happens         today in the health care industry. It is used to show the         problem areas in the information flow.

FIG. 2: The MedStatFacts—Context & Interaction Model

-   -   This diagram depicts the interactions between the product and         the different people/functions interactions.

FIG. 3: The Product—Document Holder

-   -   This diagram shows the physical part of the product. The         document holder is where a person would place their medical         profile. This will reside on a refrigerator.

FIG. 4: The Profile Report

-   -   This is the document where the medical profile of the individual         is shown. It is placed in the document holder.

FIG. 5: The Emergency Room Access Sticker

-   -   This is a sticker that is placed on the individual's insurance         card. (note it may be placed on any identification card). It         contains a special URL and code where once typed into a computer         the individual's profile comes up as a pdf file and may be         printed. It is intended for Emergency Room personnel when the         original profile is not available.

FIG. 6: The Emergency Room Access Sticker on Insurance Card

-   -   This just shows the above emergency room sticker residing on an         insurance card.

FIG. 7: The Emergency Medical Technician Alert sticker and doorknob hanger

-   -   This shows a sticker placed on a doorknob hanger. It is placed         on the front door of the individual's front door. It is to         notify that emergency responders that the current medical         information is on the refrigerator.

FIG. 8: The MedStatFacts Registry Process

-   -   This is an overview of the registry processes from registration         to ongoing maintenance.

FIG. 9: The MedStatFacts Registration Process

-   -   This diagram shows the details of the registration process for         entering an individual into the MedStatFacts Registry.

FIG. 10: The MedStatFacts Maintenance Process

-   -   This diagram shows the flow for conducting maintenance         activities once a person is registered.

FIG. 11: The MedStatFacts ER Access

-   -   This diagrams shows the flow that would be used by Emergency         Room personnel if the profile is not brought into the ER with         the patient to gain access to the medical profile.

FIG. 12: Fingerprint Access Diagram

-   -   This diagram shows the flow for accessing the individual profile         through fingerprint recognition.

FIG. 13: The Facility Access flow

-   -   This diagram shows the flow available to facility personnel         identified at an earlier time period. Facilities include senior         apartments, independent living, assisted living, rehabilitation         centers, and home healthcare. This allows those personnel access         to the individual's profile if access has been granted.

FIG. 14: The Pre Discharge/Pre-Registration Workflow Diagram

-   -   This diagram shows the process that would take place prior to a         hospital discharge. This process is optional.

FIG. 15: The Registration for Discharged Patient with Pre Discharge Completed Roadmap

-   -   This diagram shows the discharge process for utilizing the         registry if the pre discharge process was completed.

FIG. 16: The Registration for Discharged Patient without Pre Discharge Completed Workflow

-   -   This diagram shows the process during discharge for entering the         registration when the pre discharge process was not done.

FIG. 17: The Registered Person Discharge Action Item Process

-   -   This diagrams highlights the action items that a discharged         person is supposed to do once leaving the hospital. It includes         reminder emails for any discharge action items not completed.

FIG. 18: The Children Registration Workflow

-   -   This diagram shows the registration process for children with         allergies. This is a different section of the registry.

FIG. 19: The Children Incident Process Diagram

-   -   This diagram shows the flow when an allergic reaction happens to         a registered child. The specific individuals this is intended         for are teachers, school nurses, sports coaches, mentors, or         anyone else who has responsibility for a child during a parent         approved activity.

FIG. 20: The Registry Entity Relationship Diagram

-   -   This is a data model of the objects that reside in the personal         medical registry. The boxes are objects and the lines show the         relationships between objects. The blue boxes indicate double         encryption while the red lines/arrows is showing lines that         cross other lines.

FIG. 21: The Children Allergy Entity Relationship Diagram

-   -   This is a data model for the objets within the Child/Allergy         portion of the registry. The blue box indicates double         encryption and the red line/arrow indicates that the line         crossed another line.

FIG. 22: The Key Pages within the Registry—Roadmap Pages

-   -   This is a screen print of our roadmap page for the first half of         the initial registration. This is to highlight our unique         navigational system for registration. It shows the green arrow         for you are here and has icons with descriptive words to         identify the subject being covered.

FIG. 23: The Contact Page

-   -   This is a screen print to show how contacts, people who         identified as being allowed access to an individual's medical         information is completed. It is unique to allow numerous         individual's access to this information and is determined by the         registered person.

FIG. 24: The Events Picture

-   -   This is a screen shot of the events area of the registry. This         allows an individual to enter past and future events and         document what transpired. With future events events are sent to         the contacts as a reminder of upcoming appointments or tests.

FIG. 25: The Patient Discharge Action Items

-   -   This is a picture of the screen for a given registered person         that has been discharged from a hospital. It shows what action         items need to be completed and a completed mark once those items         are done. Emails are sent out to contacts if any action items         are not completed.

FIG. 26: The Patient Discharge Medications

-   -   This is a picture of a screen that highlights the pre hospital         medications from the registry and the discharge medications.         This information is to be taken to the normal pharmacist to         determine if there are any drug interactions.

FIG. 27: The Log File Report

-   -   This is a report that shows all activity against an individual's         registry for a time period.

FIG. 28: The Facility Report

-   -   This is a summary report of an individual's registry for         facility personnel.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION SECTION

Our invention is not the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) or the Personal Medical Record (PMR). It is the vehicle for capturing, maintaining, accessing, communicating, and integrating current critical medical information in support of emergency and discharge situations. It communicates and integrates information from the patient to emergency personnel, as well as discharge information from the medical facility to the patient, the family and other impacted healthcare providers.

The Product, The EMS Ready Kit, has two components: one for the elderly/chronically infirmed and the other for the family/caregiver

-   -   For the elderly/chronically infirmed (refer to Brief Description         of Diagrams Section). This component consists of the physical         portion of the product.         -   Magnetic Document Holder for the refrigerator         -   Doorknob hanger for the EMS Notification Sticker         -   EMS Notification Sticker for the front door         -   Integration with 911 Dispatch         -   ER Access Sticker for the insurance card         -   The Profile     -   For the family/caregiver         -   Secure Registry with easy navigation through Roadmap pages         -   For children (an extension of the registry for times the             child is not under the care of his/her parent or guardian)         -   Integrated Email System for notifications and reminders         -   Future Event Calendar         -   Contacts to control access, allowing controlled read/write             access to multiple people     -   Integrated Discharge communications channel between the hospital         and the patient, caregiver, and other medical providers such as,         but not limited to, home healthcare, visiting physicians,         rehabilitation centers, physicians, hospitals and facility         caregivers     -   Easy to use secure registry through a navigational Roadmap for         all access to the registry     -   A mobile component for access to the registered person's current         critical medical information.     -   Fingerprint access to the registered person's profile     -   Integrated email system with registry     -   Integrated with 911 dispatch centers     -   Special medical personnel access to profile     -   Healthcare facility access to summary information in case of         catastrophic events     -   The concept of authorized contacts. Allowing anyone defined to         receive emails and to view or update the registry information     -   Controlled access to the child/allergy registry

Brief Description of the Physical Components of the Invention

-   -   The diagrams below show the physical aspects of The EMS Ready         Kit. The below physical components of the product are for the         elderly/chronically infirmed. These include:         -   The 9″×5″ document holder. It is magnetized and is to be             placed on the refrigerator. It will contain two copies of             the Registered Person's Profile Report. (FIG. 3)         -   The Registered Person's Profile Report. (FIG. 4)         -   The Emergency Room Access Sticker. This 1⅞″×½″ sticker is to             be placed on either the Registered Person's insurance or             identification card. (FIGS. 5 and 6)         -   The Emergency Medical Technician Alert sticker. This 3″×3″             laminated sticker is to alert the emergency responders that             the current medical information is on the refrigerator. It             is to be placed on either the front door or on the doorknob             hanger, which in turn, should be placed on the front             doorknob. (FIG. 7)

Product—Document Holder (FIG. 3)

See the Document Holder in the Drawing document.

-   -   Profile Report (FIG. 4)     -   See the Profile Report on page 50. Emergency Room Access Sticker         (FIG. 5)         -   See the Emergency Room Access sticker in the Drawing             document.     -   Emergency Room Access Sticker on Insurance Card (FIG. 6)     -   See the Emergency Room Access Sticker on Insurance Card in the         Drawing document.     -   Emergency Medical Technician Alert sticker and doorknob hanger         (FIG. 7)     -   See Emergency Medical Technician Alert sticker and door knob         hanger in the Drawing document

Detailed Description of Invention Section

-   -   The Product, The EMS Ready Kit, has two components: one for the         elderly/chronically infirmed and the other for the         family/caregiver         -   For the elderly/chronically infirmed             -   Magnetic Document Holder for the refrigerator             -   Doorknob hanger for the EMS Notification Sticker             -   EMS Notification Sticker for the front door             -   Integration with 911 Dispatch             -   ER Access Sticker for the insurance card             -   The Profile         -   For the family/caregiver             -   Secure Registry with easy navigation through Roadmap                 pages                 -   For children (an extension of the registry for times                     the child is not under the care of his/her parent or                     guardian             -   Integrated Email System for notifications and reminders             -   Future Event Calendar             -   Contacts to control access, allowing controlled                 read/write access to multiple people         -   Integrated Discharge communications channel between the             hospital and the patient, caregiver, and other medical             providers such as, but not limited to, home healthcare,             visiting physicians, rehabilitation centers, physicians,             hospitals and facility caregivers         -   Easy to use secure registry through a navigational Roadmap             for all access to the registry         -   A mobile component for access to the registered person's             current critical medical information.         -   Fingerprint access to the registered person's profile         -   Integrated email system with registry         -   Integrated with 911 dispatch centers         -   Special medical personnel access to profile         -   Healthcare facility access to summary information in case of             catastrophic events.         -   The concept of authorized contacts. Allowing anyone defined             to receive emails and to view or update the registry             information         -   The Registry captures the following information:             -   Contacts             -   Contacts Relationship to Registered Person             -   Registered Person's Personal Information (including a                 photo) as well as                 -   Alternate Residence                 -   Limitations (physical and mental)                 -   History                 -   Insurance Information                 -   Shipping Information                 -   Medical Conditions                 -   Allergies/Surgeries                 -   Physicians                 -   Other Medical Providers                 -   Events                 -   Discharge Action Items                 -   Physical Identifiers             -   The child extension of the registry also captures                 -   Immunizations                 -   School/Daycare Centers                 -   Classroom                 -   Teacher                 -   Team                 -   Coach/Leader         -   The software registry is a cloud-based service built on a             secure modern JEE (java enterprise edition), and JME (java             micro edition) web/mobile application framework, providing a             natural rich client style programming model with integrated             audit, alert, event, access, communication, identity and             security engines.         -   There are eight engines driving the software. They are:             -   1. Data—captures, stores and ensures referential                 integrity, valid data look ups, and data clean up.             -   2. Communications for mail and                 reminder/notification/discharge emails             -   3. Alerts—monitors and notifies authorized contacts of                 related medical events. This includes changes to                 information, inactivity, not completed discharged action                 items, upcoming events and recently past events.             -   4. Reporting—reports include Registered Person Profile,                 Log/Audit Trail Report, Discharge Action Item Report,                 Facility Mini Report (a summary report for residence of                 a facility), a discharge report for other medical                 providers, school/classroom/child report for teachers,                 and a team/coach-leader/child report.             -   5. Security—we use a 256K bit encryption for the                 personal data. MedStatFacts uses a secondary encryption,                 on top of the first encryption for all medical                 information. The key to the medical information is                 different than the key to the personal information                 adding an additional layer of security. We also provide                 access to the registry through fingerprints.             -   6. Audit—reports of all activity against the registry is                 available to the contacts             -   7. Event—captures calendar related and medical episodes.             -   8. Identity—provides authentication and authorization                 controls through web/mobile platforms.     -   The registry is different than the Electronic Health Record and         Personal Health Record. We are not trying to solve all of a         person's healthcare information. We exist for emergency and         discharge situations. We are focused on helping people under         stressful medical situations by improving communications with         the patient/caregiver and medical facilities. Today, over 98% of         people do not have their emergency medical information         accessible. With Emergency Medical Technicians having a mini         emergency room on the truck they need current information to         treat individuals. Also, we need to improve patient         accountability in discharge situations. By providing an action         item list and sending emails every other day to all contacts         there is a much greater chance that the patient will follow         through on the action items. Along with that, by showing the         normal pharmacists changes in medications due to a hospital stay         will reduce drug interactions.     -   There are numerous access points into the registry. They are the         normal sign on with an identifier and password, through         fingerprint recognition when a person is not at home and         unconscious where a PDF file of the profile is shown, a special         emergency code that when entered will show a PDF file of the         profile, a facility sign on to view a list of residents and         create a summary report of each resident, a discharge sign on to         enter the appropriate discharge action items and facility         instructions, and a child/allergy sign on which only deals with         the child portion of the registry.     -   Access to the registry and receipt of email notices/reminders         are controlled by establishing contacts. Contacts may read or         update the registry based upon being defined as part of the         registration process. Identifying who should receive emails is         also defined at that time.     -   We have also developed a calendar for future events. An event         can be anything such as a doctor appointment, a lab test, a         hospital discharge, medical episodes, surgery . . . . Emails are         triggered to remind contacts of upcoming future events that         occur within fourteen days. Also, as an event happens another         email is sent to remind the contacts to update the results of         the event.     -   For discharge, a hospital discharge person or a transition         person may enter the patient's action items and the instructions         needed by the living facility or other medical providers of the         registered person. This will trigger emails to all the         appropriate people regarding action items that need to be done         for the discharged person as well as instructions for         therapists, visiting doctors/nurses and living facilities. We         continue to automatically send the discharge action item emails         until all action items are completed, which is tracked by the         software.     -   We have integrated the current medical information with the         discharge information through relating dropped medications, new         prescriptions, and changes to the discharged person in the one         registry.     -   Upon a completed registration, we create and mail a package         consisting of the document holder, Emergency Room Access         sticker, the EMT Alert sticker, a doorknob hanger, and the first         profile of the registered person. We also integrate with the         local 911 dispatch system. MedStatFacts personnel contacts the         local 911 dispatch center and have them add a note to the local         911 system. When an emergency call comes in from a certain         address the emergency responders will know that the current         medical information resides on the refrigerator.     -   Our process is the key. We have integrated the current medical         information in case of an emergency with the information from a         facility discharge. Technology is a key component of the         process. Email notifications and reminders will help keep the         information maintained.

Additional Access to the Registry/Registered Person's Profile

-   -   Below are the access paths to the Registry beyond normal sign         on.         -   Emergency Room Access to Profile             -   This is for the Emergency Room administrator. On the                 insurance or identification card of the registered                 person the ER Access sticker will contain a URL and ID                 that can be entered into our system and the profile of                 the person will be available for viewing or printing.                 The only access to the registry is during the sign on                 process. Once there is successful sign on the registry                 is exited and the PDF file is created.         -   Facility Access             -   The facility (independent living, rehabilitation center,                 assisted living, home healthcare, visiting physician,                 visiting nursing, nursing home, or hospice) can sign                 into our system and access a summary profile report of                 all people that are in our registry that reside at their                 facility or that are responsible for the registered                 person's healthcare.         -   Discharge Process             -   This is for access for communicating discharge                 instructions from the discharge facility (typically a                 hospital) to receiving organizations/people (the                 patient/caregiver, independent living, assisted living,                 home healthcare, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes,                 other hospitals, or hospice). This process includes                 entering the discharge action items/instructions as well                 as, obtaining the profile through a PDF file of the                 registered person.         -   Registered Person—not at home, unconscious, and there is no             access to insurance card             -   You can access the person's profile through their                 fingerprint. You do not enter the registry. Only a PDF                 report file of the registered person is created.         -   Parent/Guardian access to child/allergy information             -   A parent or guardian may access through a special url                 for this information.

Integrated Email System

Emails consist of reminders and notifications. They are sent to the appropriate contacts, based on whether the contact is flagged to receive emails.

Emails

-   -   Daily (sent every other day)         -   Open Discharge Action Items for Patient/Caregiver for the             first 60 days after discharge     -   Weekly         -   Updated profile,         -   Notification of future events within the next 14 days, and         -   Past events that happened within the past 7 days to update             the results of the event     -   Monthly         -   Email to appropriate contacts where the registry has not             been updated for the past 30 days     -   Annually         -   In October, reminder to change/verify Medicare insurance     -   On demand         -   An email is sent to organizations that need discharge             instructions for a registered person. Organizations include             other hospitals, home healthcare, independent living             facilities, rehabilitation centers, visiting doctors,             visiting nurses, assisted living facilities, nursing homes,             and hospice care.

Workflow Diagrams for the Registration and Maintenance Processes:

See MedStatFacts Registry Process, MedStatFacts Registration Process (FIG. 9), and MedStatFacts Maintenance Process (FIG. 10) in the Drawing document.

ER Access Flow

See MedStatFacts ER Access (FIG. 11) in the Drawing document.

Fingerprint Access

See MedStatFacts Unconscious Person, Not At Home Access (FIG. 12) in the Drawing document.

Facility Access Flow

See MedStatFacts Facility Access (FIG. 13) in the Drawing document.

Workflow Diagrams for the Discharge Process

See the Pre Discharge/Pre Registration workflow (FIG. 14) and the Registration for Discharged Patient with Pre Discharge Completed Roadmap (FIG. 15) in the Drawing document.

Workflow Diagrams for the Discharge Process (Continued)

See the Registration for Discharged Patient without Pre Discharge Completed Workflow (FIG. 16) and the Registered Person Discharge Action Item Process (FIG. 17) in the Drawing document.

Child/Allergy Workflows

See the Children Registration workflow (FIG. 18) and the Children Incident Process (FIG. 19) in the Drawing document

Workflow Diagrams for Child/Allergies Registry

Data Diagram of Objects Maintained in the Registry

See Registry Entity Relationship Diagram (FIG. 20) and Child/Allergy Diagram (FIG. 21) in the Drawing document.

All data in the registry is encrypted. The medical information about the registered person has a double encryption so no one can tell which medical information is about which registered person. The registered person through the establishment of contacts controls access to the data. Contacts may view or update the information based on what access the registered person establishes for that contact. Additional access to the profile only is available to emergency medical personnel, and for the child/allergy section of the registry to the teacher/coach/leader/Daycare Provider, as defined by the parent/guardian.

Screen Shots Web Site Homepage

Below is the link to the website homepage—demo site. This page has a sign on area and an area for new users to register a new person.

-   -   https://demo.medstatfac         Key Pages within the Registry

Roadmap Pages

-   -   See Roadmap screen (FIG. 22) in the Drawing document     -   Roadmap Page for Personal Information Registration (example of         screens to traverse the registry). This shows the ease of use         through icons and a green arrow to show the current access         point. It also highlights the checkmark visited comment below         each icon that has already been accessed.

Contact Page

-   -   See Contact screen (FIG. 23) in the Drawing document.     -   This page within the registry is where additional people are         granted access to the Registered Person's information.

Events

-   -   See Events screen (FIG. 24) in the Drawing document     -   Events are for historical or future things that effect a         person's healthcare. They include things like doctor visits, lab         tests among other things.         Discharge Screens within the Registry

Patient Discharge Action Items

See Patient Discharge Action Items (FIG. 25) in the Drawing document.

This part of a registry is to help ensure that the registered person or caregiver understands what they are supposed to do. It includes an every other day reminder to ensure discharge follow through.

Discharge Output on Medications

See Patient Discharge Medications (FIG. 26) in the Drawing document.

This part of the registry is to show a pharmacist all medications. This is key if upon discharge a person fills the discharge prescriptions at a different pharmacist than normal.

Email Examples Past Event Email

Below is the email sent for past events. This email is sent weekly to appropriate people where an event has past within the last 7 days.

Hello,

As part of registering Mr. Fred Markman in the MedStatFacts Registry, as a courtesy you will receive weekly reminders of past week events for Mr. Fred Markman. List events that happened in the previous 7 days:

Event Date: Time: Name: Event Description: Event Results: Jun. 7, 2013 4:00 Hospital Patient Discharge Action Items: 1. Get Discharge Instructions for PM Discharge therapy for breathing. List of therapist Other Healthcare providers 1 companies and prescription are in the vitals 2 last time fed discharge package. 2. Get therapy for your medications given by weak left let. List of therapist companies medication breathing therapy and prescription are in the discharge left leg weakness therapy 3 package. 3. Medication—stop taking zocor change in diet. No salt 4 4. Medication—start taking xxxxxxx— provide therapy on weak left prescription is in discharge package 5. leg. Leg is weak do to bed Medication—start taking yyyyyyyyyyyy— ridden for last 4 days 5 prescription is in discharge package. 6. breathing has improved but Update the registry for the new needs therapy 6 watch for medications, and the new conditions 7. If slurred speech you fill your medicine prescriptions at a different pharmacy, after you update the registry, print the registry and take it to your normal pharmacist and ask him if there are any drug interactions between your current medication and the new discharge prescription medications. 8. See your primary care physician and take with you the updated registry 9 Life style change— quit smoking Jun. 11, 2013 9:00 dr appt ${ev.evtDescription} AM

Please be sure to update Mr. Fred Markman's registry with any changes or updates.

Upcoming Event Email

Below is the email sent for future events. This email is sent weekly to the appropriate people where an event is upcoming within the next 14 days

Hello,

As part of registering Mr. Fred Markman in the MedStatFacts Registry, as a courtesy you will receive weekly reminders of upcoming events that have been entered for Mr. Fred Markman. Over the next week, the following events are scheduled:

Date: Time: Event Name: Event Description: Jun. 20, 2013 3:00 PM Lab Test No Description

If you need more details on these events, please refer to the MedStatFacts Calendar of Events that can be found by simply logging into the Medstatfacts registry.

If you have any questions, please send all inquiries to test.help@medstatfacts.com.

Thank you,

MedStatFacts

Changed Registry Information Email

Below is the email sent for changes to the registry. This email is sent weekly to the appropriate people where information in the registry has changed.

Hello,

There have been updates to Mr. Fred Markman's profile over the past 7 days. Attached you will find a link to a log file of who made the changes and whether any emergency medical personnel accessed the information. 

1. The integration of discharge and emergency medical information in support of emergency and release of patient situations in one centralized cloud based registry.
 2. An integrated email system with a medical registry that provides notifications and reminders to all people that are allowed access to the registry information.
 3. Integrating the emergency and discharge processes through integrated information (point 1) and integrated communications (point 5)
 4. Controlled access to the registry through a list of contacts. This list regulates who may view/update the information in the registry.
 5. Controlled email reminders and notifications through each contacts defined profile.
 6. Roadmap pages utilized to provide simple to use navigation through the registration and maintenance processes. This includes notifying the user is they have already visited subjects and at what current subject that is next for processing during registration.
 7. The invention includes two components: one that has physical components (document holder, profile, Emergency Medical Technician Alert sticker (with door knob hanger), and an Emergency Room Access sticker that is placed on either an insurance or identification card). The automated component that is a cloud based registry of personal medical information.
 8. An electronic medical calendar that is integrated with the email notification system. This allows the notifications of upcoming appointments and medical tests.
 9. Capturing discharge instructions and translating those instructions into action items that generate reminder every other day emails to all contacts and patient until all action items are completed.
 10. A discharge process for capturing discharge instructions as part of the registry that is integrated with the emergency medical registry that instructs the contacts/patient to verify drug interactions for new medications with their normal pharmacist.
 11. Through fingerprinting technology we can identify the patient. Also, we are capturing unique physical characteristics to help identify the person such as birthmarks, photos, and other distinguishing physical characteristics.
 12. Integration with the 911 local Dispatch Center, so the 911 system will communicate to emergency first responders that current medical information is on the refrigerator.
 13. Email reminders to contacts for registry inactivity. This will help ensure that the current medical information is maintained.
 14. Provides access to child allergy information when children are away from home.
 15. If a medical emergency occurs away from the house, medical information is not readily available to emergency room personnel or first responders. Through our emergency room sticker placed on an insurance or identification card, the medical personnel can access the current medical information online and print the medical profile of the patient. Part of claim
 7. 